Prize Pool

Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

The Entrepreneur in Residence program is our most prestigious program in the Venturethon. This time, we will have eight spots for EIR, instead of the usual two.

This is a three-month program, the selection for which is made after participation in the 10-day Venturethon sprint. You have to share with us your entrepreneurial idea, ideally focused on AI or Web3 and submit the MVP at the end of the 10-day Venturethon/sprint. Existing early-stage startups are also welcome to join. You will have to develop an additional feature during this period, so we can clearly differentiate between what you built before and what you’ve developed during the venturethon.

Each EIR needs to be a team of two individuals. Once you sign up for the venturethon, we can help you match with a co-founder, if you don’t already have one.

When joining the cohort each EIR team gets 9000 SNI per team for the duration of three months plus 6,000 SNI as locked rewards for each team, so that’s a total of 15,000 SNI. You can check SNI to USD conversion here.

If you are a Rank 5+ founder, you will be eligible for 18,000 SNI + 12,000 Token staked. For detailed information on EIR and the rank system head here.

Category 1

EigenLayer AI Agent Track

Build innovative AI-powered solutions that leverage the unique capabilities of EigenLayer's re-staking and modular blockchain technology.
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EigenLayer is giving a $4k bounty for the best project in their track.
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More details about the track: https://bit.ly/3PPmzH5

$4k

Category 2

New Ventures

This category is designed for newly formed teams and innovative ideas that have emerged only during this Venturethon. Whether you have a groundbreaking idea or just started building your team, this category welcomes all new ventures focused on Web3 and AI topics.

$1k in SNI

Category 3

On The Fast Track

This category is designed for existing ventures in the AI or Web3 space. If you've been working on your idea for some time but are looking for funding or are looking to build more through a sprint; or are recruiting for a new role and want to meet global talent - then this is the track for you. It's a great experience for a team that wants to learn how to pitch to investors.

$1k in SNI

Category 4

Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

This track is for those who've been shortlisted for soonami's EIR position. While most rules remain the same as other tracks, team size is ideally two. Also this track doesn't have a bounty but a stipend for three months. Also, a web3 or AI startup idea is manadatory in this track - right from the beginning.

There are slots for six EIR teams this time around.

And an additional two slots for Rank5+ founders.

*T&C and detailed information here

$6k* in SNI

Category 5

For The Good Track

One driven and ambitious winner of this track will receive a direct participation ticket into our Cohort.
Entry into the Cohort provides access to mentorship, exclusive workshops designed to scale their project, valuable resources, $200k in credits, structured support for accountability and goal achievement, training to compete for a $125k funding opportunity, and an opportunity to present their startup in front of our Investment Committee.
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*Cohort spot to compete for $125k funding

$1k in SNI

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Past Winners

Workforce

Talent management software for HR processes

AI/Web3 for Venture Dev

$8k

Cohort 1

Team Members

“The hackathon was intense; at some point, I wasn’t even sure we’d make it for the submission. However, we had really helpful mentors and advisors from the soonami ecosystem who helped us tremendously"

Verdant.earth

ReFi platform to scale investments into biodiversity

AI/Web3 for Good

$5k

Cohort 1

Team Members

"The intense work during the hackathon and guidance from mentors helped us make great progress on our existing data-driven diversity platform. We're super happy we participated"

Plurality

Creating an on-ramp of web2 reputational assets into web3

AI/Web3 and Identity

$5k

Cohort 1

Team Members

“My experience in the soonami hackathon was nothing short of amazing. The community and environment that soonami was able to build around the hackathon was super supportive and motivating"

𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗔𝗜

Refines pitch decks and scores them with improvement suggestions

AI in Venture Dev

$10k

Cohort 0

Team Members

"The learning curve during the hackathon was steep! We were able to piece together a lot of things that we would have otherwise spent too much time on"